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A Century Of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years Of New York's Underground Railways
A Century Of Subways Celebrating 100 Years Of New York's Underground Railways Author:Brian J. Cudahy One hundred years after the first new electric trains pulled out of New Yorks City Hall station on October 24, 1904, Cudahy offers this fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, he tells, not one big story, but five carefully linked tales to create a vivid sense of ... more »this extraordinary achievementhow the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground. And so we are introduced to other subways, in places as diverse as Boston and London, as well to New Yorks complex system of electrified suburban railways, whose commuter services complement the subway in providing mobility in and around the city. New York simply would not be possible without its subways. With this spirited salute to the powerbrokers and politicians who planned it, and the engineers and laborers who built it, Cudahy helps us remember the real legacy of the subwayand the city it made.« less